Word: russia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Conclusion. "His Majesty's Government are not concerned with the domestic affairs of Russia nor with its form of government. All they require is that that Government should refrain from interference with purely British concerns and abstain from hostile action or propaganda against British subjects...
...British government thinks that abrogation [of its relations with Soviet Russia] is demanded by the interests of the British people and general peace, the British government must assume full responsibility for the ensuing consequences. The Soviet government will continue its policy of peace, excluding any aggressive spirit toward any other countries, and will sincerely welcome any mutual step toward peace on the part of Great Britain...
...decorous brown patina. Right Honorable Members looked up at "Joe" Chamberlain, the redoubtable right hand man of the great Gladstone; then they drifted from the Lobby into the Chamber, and there heard "Joe's" son, Sir Austen Chamberlain read an amazing tissue of threats and imprecations against Soviet Russia (see above...
Recently she has done work in Russia, and for the permanent health organisation of the League of Nations. Dr. G. A. A. Winslow of Yale Medical School was appointed as adviser with Dr. Hamilton...
...greatest contribution to U. S. finance has been its pioneering in great international loans. It sold U. S. securities to its European customers and European securities to its U. S. customers, when other U. S. investment dealers had no understanding of such commerce. When Japan was fighting Russia in 1905, Jacob Schiff (1847-1920) then senior partner of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. was in London. The Japanese Government wanted $50,000,000. London bankers said they would risk $25,000,000. Jacob Schiff said that his firm would take the other $25,000,000. Subsequently, Kuhn, Loeb & Co. sold...